Jackie Herring

Retired! So busier than ever before. Love Austen, Bath, family and friends. Editor of Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine

[Mayor of Bath's Guides @MayorsGuides]

In line with the Met Office Red Weather Warning we are sadly cancelling ALL WALKS on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June - including our Summer Special walks. Walks will currently resume on Friday 26 June.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” – A. A. Milne

As we mark the 100th anniversary of the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh stories, The Queen has presented a very special gift to the New York Public Library, reuniting baby Roo with his friends from the 100 Acre Wood.

The Library is home to the original collection of toys owned by Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne, which inspired the characters in the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh series. The collection is missing Roo, the baby kangaroo who was lost in an orchard in the 1930s.

The new addition of Roo was created by Shropshire-based company Merrythought, who also created the original toys.

👀 Watch Roo’s great adventure travelling from Buckingham Palace onboard Their Majesties’ flight to his new home in New York.

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

The Georgians were a superstitious bunch. This saying foretells something bad happening in England if Easter Sunday ('my Lord') falls on or before 25th March, Lady's Day (the 'Lady's lap'). In 1818, this was the case, and some say it was foretelling of Queen Charlotte's death. 😮

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

If you've ever described your child as being a 'chip off the old block', then you're not alone - the Georgians did the same.💐 To celebrate #MothersDay, this weeks #SundaySlang is 'Chip' referring to a child who 'either in person or sentiments resembles its father or mother'👶

[Paul Couchman - Regency Cook @TheRegencyCook]

"Here Cooks may learn with wondrous Ease,
The longing Appetite to please;
The Art of Beauty how to reach,
By skilful Methods too we teach;
The fair who with our Rules comply
May catch the Heart, & charm the Eye"

From Amelia Chambers 1800
Ladies Best Companion

I'm sold. Are you?

[Winchester College Heritage @WinCollHeritage]

Step back in time with a guided tour of our original 14th-century campus 🏰

Our College tours explore the College’s rich history and medieval architecture, including our Chamber Court, Gothic chapel, College Hall and Cloisters.

Find out more: https://t.co/ufTR3zKluv

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

Happy #HeritageTreasuresDay. Did you know the K6 kiosk on Alfred Street has a hidden history? In 1931, a rare K1 once stood in the Assembly Rooms porch. Moving outside in 1937. As part of Reconnecting the Rooms, this heritage treasure will be restored. Thanks @HeritageFundUK.

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

The project team took one last festive walk of 2025 through Bath Assembly Rooms🎄. And we captured just a few of them dressed in their finest festive knits!

#ChristmasJumperDay

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

It's officially December and the teams @NTinBath and Bath Assembly Rooms have been getting into the Christmas spirit! 🎄

Also...sorry! 😉 #Whamageddon 🎿 #IYKYK

[Winchester College Heritage @WinCollHeritage]

On 15 Dec, join us for a concert to celebrate the eve of Jane Austen's 250th birthday! Classic FM Rising Star Jeneba Kanneh-Mason will be joined by her mother, author and activist Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason for an evening exploring Jane Austen’s musical world.

https://t.co/7R6l9BRaGi

[Paul Couchman - Regency Cook @TheRegencyCook]

Confused about bushels and pecks? Stumbled into a museum in Tavistock (Devon) & wanted to share with you this delightful display!

Useful? Interesting? Do let me know.

[Paul Couchman - Regency Cook @TheRegencyCook]

Feeling cold. Need cheering up?

How about creating a delicious Regency dinner that Jane Austen may have eaten? Or at least reading about it.

I have a few ideas: https://t.co/3o1nMc9yQP

[Jackie Herring @JacksHerring]

@JaneAustenMag Out now and flying around the world to our subscribers. Not a subscriber then this anniversary issue will be available to purchase at the end of November from our website https://t.co/Un4gYogRgk

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

Come with us on a tour around the hoarding graphics that went up around Bath Assembly Rooms last week.

#Hoarding

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

Here's the latest from #underthefloorboards at Bath Assembly Rooms. These gold top milk bottle tops came from Bristol Dairies in Chew Stoke and were discovered on the first floor.

Who else remembers rushing for the delivery in the morning, just to get the cream on the top? 🥛

[Jane Austen’s House @JaneAustenHouse]

📖 Sense and Sensibility was first published #onthisday in 1811, whilst Jane Austen was living in this very House. Shown here is a first edition from our collection, in its original boards.

🔗 Find out more about this precious object here: https://t.co/9VP1DC6ehj

[Jane Austen’s House @JaneAustenHouse]

🏡 Happy half term week to our younger visitors! We're OPEN ALL WEEK and we have plenty to keep you and the kids entertained.
📖 Activities include dressing up, crafts & trails!
🎟️ Family tickets available, under 6’s go free. Tickets last for one year!
🔗 https://t.co/ti6GF2aL7l

[NT Bath Assembly Rooms @NTAssemblyRooms]

Feeling inspired to whip up a trifle after last weeks #GBBO? Try this Georgian recipe from The Complete Confectioner by Hannah Glasse in 1800.

Trifles were created in the Georgian period as this is when the layered creations began.

[Jane Austen’s House @JaneAustenHouse]

‘I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.’

✍ #JaneAusten writing to her sister Cassandra, #onthisday in 1813.

📸 Luke Shears

[Jackie Herring @JacksHerring]

@JaneAustenMag The 250th Jane Austen anniversary issue will be out in November.
Subscribe by 27th October and this issue will be your first.